{"id":2993,"date":"2025-03-31T16:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:43:51","slug":"characterization-of-assets-in-accounts-with-commingled-funds-in-texas-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/characterization-of-assets-in-accounts-with-commingled-funds-in-texas-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Characterization of Assets in Accounts with Commingled Funds in Texas Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All property possessed by either spouse at the time of a Texas divorce is presumed to be community property, but this presumption can be rebutted with clear and convincing evidence. Property\u2019s characterization is determined by the inception of title. Separate property retains its separate character if the spouse can rebut the community presumption by tracing the assets back to separate property. If separate and community property are commingled to an extent that would defy resegregation and identification, it will be presumed to be community property.<\/p>\n<p>A former wife recently appealed the award of funds from a particular account in the divorce decree.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2025-05-23-01258-cv.pdf?ts=1742647248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeals court<\/a>, the trial court had awarded 60% of the funds in the account to the husband as his separate property.\u00a0 The court found the remainder of the funds were community property and awarded each party half of that amount as their separate property.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/characterization-of-assets-in-accounts-with-commingled-funds-in-texas-divorce\/#more-2993\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All property possessed by either spouse at the time of a Texas divorce is presumed to be community property, but this presumption can be rebutted with clear and convincing evidence. Property\u2019s characterization is determined by the inception of title. Separate property retains its separate character if the spouse can rebut the community presumption by tracing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-separate-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Characterization of Assets in Accounts with Commingled Funds in Texas Divorce &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; March 31, 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All property possessed by either spouse at the time of a Texas divorce is presumed to be community property, but this presumption can be rebutted with &#8212; March 31, 2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/characterization-of-assets-in-accounts-with-commingled-funds-in-texas-divorce\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Characterization of Assets in Accounts with Commingled Funds in Texas Divorce &#8212; 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